Akpani Surname
Approximately 495 people bear this surname
Akpani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 432 | 1:410,053 | 21,395 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Akpani (31) may also be a first name.
Akpani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akpani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akpani is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Akpani click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akpani? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 620,716th most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 14,722,315 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Akpani reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akpani is also the 1,874,099th most frequently held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 31 people.
Akpani is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 432 people, or 1 in 410,053. In Nigeria Akpani is most common in: Delta, where 17 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 16 percent reside and Bauchi, where 14 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 5 percent reside and Benin, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akpanyi | 92 | 16 | / |
| Akpanhi | 92 | 2 | / |
| Akpanei | 92 | 1 | / |
| Akpanni | 92 | 1 | / |
| Akpanio | 92 | 1 | / |
| Akpaini | 92 | 1 | / |
| Akpangi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Akpeani | 92 | 1 | / |
| Akpaenyi | 86 | 41 | / |
| Akphanit | 86 | 21 | / |
| Eakpanit | 86 | 3 | / |
| Akpeanii | 86 | 3 | / |
| Akpanich | 86 | 2 | / |
| Akpanhii | 86 | 1 | / |
| Akpeanyi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okpani | 83 | 3,743 | / |
| Akpana | 83 | 1,382 | / |
| Akponi | 83 | 256 | / |
| Akpane | 83 | 234 | / |
| Akpeni | 83 | 169 | / |
| Ekpani | 83 | 42 | / |
| Akpany | 83 | 24 | / |
| Akpanj | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hakphanit | 80 | 4 | / |
| Eakpanich | 80 | 1 | / |
| Akpenyi | 77 | 316 | / |
| Okpanyi | 77 | 148 | / |
| Akponni | 77 | 74 | / |
| Akpanna | 77 | 15 | / |
| Akpeini | 77 | 6 | / |
| Akpange | 77 | 5 | / |
| Okpanie | 77 | 4 | / |
| Akpanyo | 77 | 4 | / |
| Okpanni | 77 | 4 | / |
| Akpanay | 77 | 4 | / |
| Okpaini | 77 | 3 | / |
| Hakpane | 77 | 2 | / |
| Akpenie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akpanje | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akponis | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akpomni | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ojkpani | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akpanet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akpayna | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akpaina | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akpanee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akpaine | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akpaune | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akpeinih | 71 | 1 | / |
| Goukpani | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akpeinyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hokpanyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akpene | 67 | 1,949 | / |
| Ekpeni | 67 | 806 | / |
| Akpona | 67 | 767 | / |
| Akpone | 67 | 192 | / |
| Okpana | 67 | 159 | / |
| Okpeni | 67 | 68 | / |
| Okpane | 67 | 26 | / |
| Akpony | 67 | 10 | / |
| Agpana | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ekponi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Okpany | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okponi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Akpognihe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ogpani | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekpane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekpany | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akpatnher | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Akpani
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